Pterocheilus

Pterocheilus is an essentially holarctic genus of potter wasps with a fairly rich diversity in North America and a single Afrotropical species Pterocheilus eurystomus Kohl 1906 known from Socotra. They are usually rather large wasps characterized by reduced tegulae and prominently pilose labial palpi.

==Species== The following species are classified under Pterocheilus: Pterocheilus acuceps Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus albofasciatus Smith, 1878 Pterocheilus arabicus Giordani Soika, 1970 Pterocheilus arizonicus Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus asperatus (Bohart, 1999) Pterocheilus auriantius Kostylev, 1940 Pterocheilus bakeri Cameron, 1909 Pterocheilus biglumis (Saussure, 1852) Pterocheilus biplagiatus Cresson, 1879 Pterocheilus chesteri Carpenter, 1986 Pterocheilus chobauti Dusmet, 1928 Pterocheilus coccineus André, 1884 Pterocheilus comptus Cresson, 1879 Pterocheilus crispocornis Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus cyathopus Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus cyrenaicus Gribodo, 1924 Pterocheilus decorus Cresson, 1879 Pterocheilus denticulatus (Saussure, 1855) Pterocheilus desertorum Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus diversicolor Rohwer, 1911 Pterocheilus dives Radoszkowski, 1876 Pterocheilus eurystomus Kohl, 1906 Pterocheilus heptneri Kostylev, 1940 Pterocheilus hirsutipennis Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus hurdi Bohart, 1950 Pterocheilus joffrei Dusmet, 1917 Pterocheilus kamanensis Gusenleitner, 1967 Pterocheilus laticeps Cresson, 1872 Pterocheilus linsleyi Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus maltsevi Kostylev, 1940 Pterocheilus mandibularis Morawitz, 1889 Pterocheilus merpeba Giordani Soika, 1943 Pterocheilus mexicanus Saussure, 1870 Pterocheilus micheneri Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus mirandus Cresson, 1897 Pterocheilus modestus Kostylev, 1935 Pterocheilus mongolicus Kohl, 1907 Pterocheilus morrisoni Cresson, 1879 Pterocheilus napalkovi Kurzenko, 1977 Pterocheilus nigricaudus Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus nigrobilineolatus Giordani Soika, 1942 Pterocheilus numida Lepeletier, 1841 Pterocheilus oregonensis Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus paenacuceps Bohart, 1950 Pterocheilus panamintensis Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus pedicellatus Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus peninsularis Bohart, 1948 Pterocheilus perpunctatus Giordani Soika, 1970 Pterocheilus phaleratus (Panzer 1797) Pterocheilus pimorum (Viereck, 1908) Pterocheilus propinquus Kostylev, 1940 Pterocheilus provancheri (Huard, 1897) Pterocheilus pruinosus Cameron, 1908 Pterocheilus pusillus Kostylev, 1940 Pterocheilus quaesitus (Moravitz, 1895) Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus Say, 1824 Pterocheilus schwarzi Gusenleitner, 1994 Pterocheilus sculleni Bohart, 1950 Pterocheilus seneconis Rohwer, 1911 Pterocheilus sibiricus (Moravitz, 1867) Pterocheilus sparsipunctatus Bohart, 1950 Pterocheilus tenebricosus Gusenleitner, 1998 Pterocheilus texanus Cresson, 1872 Pterocheilus timberlakei Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus trachysomus Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus trichogaster Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus tricoloratus Bohart, 1940 Pterocheilus varius Gusenleitner, 2002 Pterocheilus wollmanni Kostylev, 1940